FAMILY
PRACTICE
Family Practice physicians provide primary patient care
which includes the identification and treatment of a wide
range of medical, pediatric problems and obstetrics including
pregnancy and delivery. This course of treatment might
involve consultation with another member of the clinic
staff, or temporary transfer of full responsibility for
care through the immediate episode of illness. Any such
sharing of responsibility will be done with your full
knowledge and approval. If you are a new patient of Kearney
Clinic with no established family doctor, or if your regular
family doctor is not available, our staff will help you
select a physician.

Terry
A. Becker, M.D.

Dr. Becker is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Kearney
and the University of Nebraska Medical Center College
of Medicine. He completed his residency at the University
of Nebraska Medical Center Rural Training Tract in Kearney,
Nebraska. Dr. Becker joined Kearney Clinic in 2000. He
is Board Certified by the American Board of Family Practice.
He and his wife, Erin, live in Kearney and have four children,
Anthony, Faith, Michaela, and Isaac.

Beth
M. Ernst, M.D.

Dr. Ernst is a graduate of Wayne State College and the
University of Nebraska College of Medicine. She completed
her residency at the Sioux City Family Practice Residency
Program in 1992. Dr. Ernst joined Kearney Clinic in 1992.
She is Board Certified by the American Board of Family
Practice. She and her husband, Dana Ernst, have a son,
Michael and a daughter, Megan.

Michael
J. Hanich, M.D.

Dr. Hanich is a graduate of the University of Nebraska
- Lincoln and the University of Nebraska College of Medicine.
He completed his residency at the University of Nebraska
Affiliated Hospital. Dr. Hanich has been practicing medicine
at Kearney Clinic since 1979. He is Board Certified by
the American Board of Family Practice. He and his wife,
Karen, are the parents of two children, Kristen and Paul.

Lawrence
D. Helmick, M.D.

Dr. Helmick has been affiliated with Kearney Clinic since
1983. He is a graduate of Hastings College and the University
of Nebraska College of Medicine. He completed his residency
in the Lincoln Family Practice Program in 1979, and is
Board Certified by the American Board of Family Practice.
Dr. Helmick has four children, Jay, James, Torey, and
Dana.

Clinton
C. Jones, M.D.

Dr. Jones received his undergraduate education at Hastings
College, and received his medical degree from the University
of Nebraska College of Medicine. He completed his Family
Practice Residency and Fellowship at the University of
Nebraska Medical Center in 1988. He was an Assistant Professor
at the State University of New York Health Science Center
at Syracuse in New York from 1988 to 1992. He has been
affiliated with Kearney Clinic since 1992. He is Board
Certified by the American Board of Family Practice. He
and his wife, Pat, have a son, Hogan.

Dawn
M. Murray, M.D.

Dr. Murray received her undergraduate education at Chadron
State College and medical degree at the University of
Nebraska College of Medicine. She completed her residency
at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1999,
and is board certified by the American Board of Family
Practice. Dr. Murray began her medical career in 1999
at Kearney Clinic. She and her husband, Dr. Chadd Murray,
have three children, Austin, Nathan and Colin.

Chadd
S. Murray, M.D.

Dr. Murray received his undergraduate education at Nebraska
Wesleyan University and medical degree at the University
of Nebraska College of Medicine. He participated in the
Primary Care Residency Program where he completed two
years of training at the University of Nebraska Medical
Center in Omaha and two years in Kearney. He is Board
Certified by the American Board of Family Practice. Dr.
Murray and his wife, Dr. Dawn Murray have three children,
Austin, Nathan and Colin.

Troy
L. Potthoff, M.D.

Dr. Potthoff is a graduate of McCook Community College
and the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. After studying
in Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship, he received his
medical degree from the University of Nebraska School
of Medicine and completed Family Practice Residency training
in Omaha at Clarkson Hospital. He joined Kearney Clinic
in 1996. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine and
his special interests are pediatrics and office procedures.

Bradley
D. Rodgers, M.D.

Dr. Rodgers is a graduate of the University of Nebraska
- Lincoln, and the University of Nebraska College of Medicine.
He completed his residency at the Lincoln Medical Education
Foundation in Lincoln, NE. Dr. Rodgers has practiced in
Holdrege and Valentine prior to joining Kearney Clinic
in 1991. He is Board Certified by the American Board of
Family Practice. He and his wife, Denise, are the parents
of two children, Ian and Brooke.

David
A. Sokolowski, M.D.

Dr. Sokolowski received his undergraduate education at
Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa; medical degree
at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City,
Iowa, 1990; and his residency at the Siouxland Medical
Education Foundation, Sioux City, Iowa, 1990-1993. He
joined Kearney Clinic in 1993. He and his wife, Lisa,
have four children, Megan, Stephanie, Katie and Bailey.

Deena
R. Sughroue, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner

Deena is graduate of the University of Wyoming with a
BS in Nursing. She received her Masters in Nursing from
the University of Colorado Health Science Center in 1991
and a Post Masters Certificate Family Nurse Practitioner
from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1995
and is Nationally Certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
She joined the Kearney Clinic in 1995. Deena and her husband,
Kent, have two daughters, Amanda and Megan.